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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Adrian Meinhardt started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes of play, Belgium's Edward Vanderstraeten made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Peter Achteresch was left in no man's land by his defense there! 9 minutes into the game, Stefan Windscheif threw the ball into play from the sideline. Belgium's Nigel Devos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a little luck, Belgium's Casper Claes got control of the ball when Adrian Meinhardt tried to sneak it across the goal line. Peter Achteresch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 15th minute of play. The supporters of Arbing FSV - yougame.at booed when Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nigel Devos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Hubert Finken came free, but Casper Claes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arbing FSV - yougame.at's Peter Achteresch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 29th minute of play. Casper Claes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hubert Finken's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Peter Achteresch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute, Arbing FSV - yougame.at's Hubert Finken ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Casper Claes. Casper Claes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. After a rather tough play, Arbing FSV - yougame.at's Jan-Frederik Sonntag got a free kick in the 36th minute. Peter Achteresch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yves Dervaux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Casper Claes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lenny Clocheret in the 44th minute of play forced Arbing FSV - yougame.at's goalkeeper Peter Achteresch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Achteresch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edward Vanderstraeten was the one to do the kick off. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 2-2 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peter Achteresch, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edward Vanderstraeten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Peter Achteresch made a huge save. 55 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten lined in a short shot 2-3 behind a frustrated Peter Achteresch. Casper Claes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hubert Finken in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Arbing FSV - yougame.at's Hubert Finken fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Heinz-Dieter Schwabenland blasted a shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Casper Claes having to make a save. If Tobias Pfister had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Belgium's Casper Claes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hubert Finken in the 68th minute of play. Edward Vanderstraeten came free with the goalkeeper in the 71st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Peter Achteresch could save by the left post. 73 minutes into the game, Edward Vanderstraeten recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Peter Achteresch. Edward Vanderstraeten showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-4. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arbing FSV - yougame.at's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edward Vanderstraeten was slow to take the kick. During this time Belgium's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Siebe Michiels managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Edward Vanderstraeten scored 2-5 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peter Achteresch, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hubert Finken sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peter Achteresch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Vanderstraeten in the 84th minute of play. Belgium's Nigel Devos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Stefan Windscheif, made in the 85th minute of the game. Peter Achteresch made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 86th minute. Yves Dervaux sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Vanderstraeten in the 97th minute of play forced Arbing FSV - yougame.at's goalkeeper Peter Achteresch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Arbing FSV - yougame.at fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Belgium were clearly better and deserved to take the win.